Brazil takes bold stance with wide-reaching online safety law
If the 2026 Global Age Assurance Standards Summit had to name a headlining nation, the title might go to Brazil….
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Signicat digital ID, wallet hub aims to ease ‘organized chaos’ of EU transition
The EU is undergoing large-scale digital transformation, and much of it hinges on two major, overlapping regulations coming into force…
Search for clarity on UK digital ID leads to trial pitch, consultation proposals
Confusion has covered the UK’s digital identity plans like a morning fog over London. How the UK’s digital ID system…
Australian regulators come together on privacy, online safety
The relationship between various regulatory bodies across the privacy and online safety spectrum can be difficult to parse. Australia’s two…
Bank of Thailand: missing piece in the country’s digital ID stack is data portability
Thailand has a healthy national digital ID platform alongside a real-time payments system that’s woven into everyday life. But according…
Veriff gets FIDO DocAuth certification based on tests by Ingenium Biometrics
Veriff has successfully achieved the FIDO Alliance Document Authenticity (DocAuth) certification for its full-auto identity verification product. A release from…
Netherlands launches ICAO-compliant vertical ID card from IN Groupe
The Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) has introduced a new vertically oriented identity document for foreign nationals awaiting asylum…
French gov’t confirms hack of at least 18M records from ID document database
France’s government has confirmed that a database storing records of identity documents suffered a breach of millions of entries containing…
Sri Lanka launching digital ID sandbox, experience center
Sri Lanka’s government is developing a digital ID sandbox and experience center to help government agencies and solution providers with…
Türkiye finalizes draft law to require ID verification for social media access
The Turkish government says social media companies have agreed to a move that seeks to require identity verification for users…
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